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Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Octavia E. Butler
I'd read this 11/2022 and it came up as the selection for bookclub. I did a re-listen of the audiobook, but also saw there was a graphic novel adaptation, so I figured I'd check it out too. I'm NOT a graphic novel gal, but I've had good experiences with To Kill a Mockingbird, The Giver and Long Way Down. But as mentioned ... I'm not really a graphic novel gal. The style of the art can really influence my enjoyment, and just like reading a book, different strokes for different folks. It's very subjective. Just as I didn't care for the artwork in the Anne Frank Graphic Novels (one a biography, one a "diary" adaptation), the style of drawing here just didn't click with me. Cartoonish, but not at all "cute" ... I feel bad saying it, but every person depicted was just so unattractive. The colors ... I know it was intentional, the "present" (1976) was shades of browns, and the past had brighter, and often one dominant, consistent across the pages (blues, oranges, greens, purples). The "graphic" in graphic novel was present too (as it is in the text). I had a little trouble when there were many speech bubbles in a single cell, I didn't know what order to read them in (graphic novel issues).
I think overall the adaptation was good and kept close. I appreciated the foreward, and the info on the author, adaptor and illustrator. If the graphic novel format is one that people like, I'm glad there is the option (although I much preferred the original and that's the format I'd recommend), because this is a unique story before it's time.
I think overall the adaptation was good and kept close. I appreciated the foreward, and the info on the author, adaptor and illustrator. If the graphic novel format is one that people like, I'm glad there is the option (although I much preferred the original and that's the format I'd recommend), because this is a unique story before it's time.